Olympics tidbits

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Jul 29, 2012 at 12:01 AMJul 29, 2012 at 8:38 AM

"It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. There was not a single spot to pee."

Quotable

“It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. There was not a single spot to pee.” — German cyclist Andre Greipel on yesterday’s 155-mile road race, which was lined with hundreds of thousands of spectators. American cyclist Chris Horner said the huge throngs made it “the most dangerous and crazy race I’ve ever done, for sure.”

Lowlight

Can’t we all just get along? United States goalkeeper Hope Solo, right, went on a Twitter rant against former American star Brandi Chastain for comments she made during the broadcast of a 3-0 win over Colombia. Chastain said defenders must “defend, win the ball, and then keep possession.” She then noted that Rachel Buehler must improve in those areas. Solo took exception, tweeting that “Its 2 bad we can’t have commentators who better represents the team & knows more about the game,” and “The game has changed from a decade ago. I feel bad 4 our fans that have 2 push mute.”

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